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• Hackers Steal Home Buyer's $400,000 Down Payment

  13-07-2018 23:54
  
  Real estate professionals and the FBI have a warning for homebuyers and sellers: You will be targeted by thieves and hackers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Another Round of Saharan Dust Headed to Texas

  13-07-2018 23:50
  
  More African dust is on the way to Texas and will likely be more concentrated Sunday through the first half of next week.Photo Credit: NOAAThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Horseshoe Bend Water To Be Restored Friday

  13-07-2018 23:24
  
  The Parker County neighborhood of Horseshoe Bend has been without water for days, leaving some to bath in the Brazos River. Water officials say service should be restored Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Humphreys architects shoot for simplicity in Uber skyport design

  13-07-2018 21:56
  For Uber to get its “flying taxis” in the air, the ride-sharing company will need launch-and-land pads — called skyports — to support the futuristic service.Skyports will be the areas where Uber’s electric helicopter-like aircraft board and unload passengers. Uber will need a few dozen skyports at first, but the need could grow to hundreds, then thousands, if the company is successful in its long-range plan to take the service to major metro areas worldwide.At Uber&
  
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• Festival of Independent Theatres Celebrates 20 Years

  13-07-2018 21:55
  
  The Festival of Independent Theatres, intended to support small theater companies and independent artists, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with its usual colorful diversity of shows.Photo Credit: Lowell SargeantThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Scarlett Johansson Drops Out Of ‘Rub & Tug’ Amid Backlash Of Portrayal As Transgender Man

  13-07-2018 21:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Scarlett Johansson has pulled out of the film “Rub & Tug” after her plans to portray a transgender man prompted a backlash.
  In a statement to Out.com on Friday, Johansson says she’s withdrawing from the project “in light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting.” Last week, Johansson said she would star as Pittsburgh 1970s and ’80s prostitution ring leader Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born Lois Jean Gill but
  
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• Rangers, Papa John's Promotion Suspended Amid Scandal

  13-07-2018 21:09
  
  The Rangers are suspending all promotions and advertising deals with Papa John's amid a scandal involving a racist slur uttered by the chain's founder.
  
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• What's in Your Garage? A sporty Jaguar station wagon

  13-07-2018 20:29
  Station wagons are making a comeback, but with more speed and style than their wood-paneled predecessors from the 1970s and early 1980s. What’s old is now new again.
  I test drove the 2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake in a color the automaker calls Firenze Red. In the front, its sleek design features the same distinctive curves of the sedan version. But as you move toward the back, the XF Sportbrake appears longer than the sedan, even though it’s not. The chiseled rear end incorporates sleek
  
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• FAA inspector 'lacked objectivity' in review of American Airlines, government report says

  13-07-2018 20:23
  An inspector who oversaw a flight test program at American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) lacked objectivity in his duties and had a personal relationship with the American program head, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation."As the only inspector overseeing the flight test program, he became a single point of failure for FAA," the report said.American said it welcomed the inspector general's report, and said that safety is at&hel
  
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• Dog Inside Stolen Truck Reunited With Owner After Chase

  13-07-2018 19:53
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A police chase that started in Dallas on Friday morning ended with the suspect being caught in Corinth, and a dog being reunited with her owner. The incident began shortly after 9:00 a.m. at the corner of Interstate-30 and Westmoreland Road.
  Authorities responded to reports of a carjacking at a scrap yard. The suspect had become involved in a physical altercation with the owner of a truck, and forcibly removed the man from his vehicle. That suspect then got into the t
  
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• Man Surrenders After Police Chase; Dog Reunited With Owner

  13-07-2018 19:52
  
  A carjacking suspect was arrested Friday after leading authorities on a chase through Dallas and Denton counties with a white pup in tow, officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Owner of Dog Taken in Police Chase Happy to Have Her Back

  13-07-2018 19:44
  
  A dog was along for the ride in a police chase through Dallas and Denton counties Friday morning. The suspect was arrested and the owner of Mia, the 10-year-old pup, held her in his arms and talked to NBC...
  
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• Officer-Involved Shooting in Dallas: PD

  13-07-2018 19:39
  
  A suspected car thief is dead, officials say, fatally shot by police after leading officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle, crashing into a creek and raising a weapon.
  
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• 'Spree of Violence' Leads to 8 MS-13 Indictments in DFW

  13-07-2018 19:14
  
  Federal prosecutors say eight accused MS-13 members have been indicted in Texas on charges tied to alleged gang activities including racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder and assault.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• ICE Agents Indict MS-13 Gang Members Operating In North Texas

  13-07-2018 18:46
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the indictment of eight MS-13 gang members operating in the Dallas area.
  The 18-count indictment against the gang members was unsealed Friday morning. All of those charged are in the United States illegally and one of them is still at large.
  Officials say MS-13 is a national and transnational gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador.
  During a news conference held before
  
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• Grapevine Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Black Neighbors

  13-07-2018 18:32
  
  A Grapevine man arrested in December for stalking has now pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime.Photo Credit: Grapevine Police Department
  
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• Traffic Updates to Know About This Weekend

  13-07-2018 18:06
  
  Traffic Reporter Samantha Davies has all you need to know about construction and closures across North Texas, including U.S. Highway 75 Central and State Highway 183 in Dallas.
  
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• Local College Pres. One of 50 World's Best Leaders: Forbes

  13-07-2018 17:53
  
  Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, is making a name for himself.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Suspect Dead in Officer-Involved Shooting in Dallas: Police

  13-07-2018 17:51
  
  A suspected car thief is dead, officials say, fatally shot by police after leading officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle, crashing into a creek and raising a weapon.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Papa John’s Is Pulling Founder’s Image From Its Marketing

  13-07-2018 17:44
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Papa John’s, which has featured founder John Schnatter in logos and TV ads, is pulling his image from its marketing after he admitted using a racial slur.
  His face was off at least some materials by late morning Friday, though the company said the details and exact timing for everything were still being worked out. The pizza chain said Friday there are no plans to change its name.
  Schnatter has long been the face of the brand, and Papa John’s has ackn
  
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• Raw: Police Chase Pickup From Dallas to Corinth

  13-07-2018 17:27
  
  A man surrendered to officers after leading police on a chase in a pickup truck hauling a tanker trailer in Dallas and Denton counties Friday morning.
  
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• Nissan Recalls About 105,000 Cars To Replace Takata Air Bags

  13-07-2018 17:12
  DETROIT (AP) – Nissan is recalling nearly 105,000 small cars to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers.
  Included are the 2011 Versa sedan and the 2011 and 2012 Versa hatchback. It only applies to cars that have been registered in 42 states and Washington, D.C., as part of a coordinated phase-in of Takata recalls.
  Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the air bags in a crash. But the
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Police Chase Pickup Hauling Tanker Trailer

  13-07-2018 16:58
  
  Police are chasing a pickup truck hauling a tanker trailer through Dallas and Denton counties Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Exxon Mobil buys nearly 100 acres in Baytown

  13-07-2018 16:34
  The deal closed in early June.
  
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• Emmy Diversity Gets A Boost From Ricky Martin, Issa Rae

  13-07-2018 16:32
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Sterling K. Brown and Donald Glover aren’t such Emmy outliers this year.
  More than a third of the 101 acting nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards went to ethnic minorities, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. That’s up from a quarter of the field last year, when Brown (“This Is Us”) and Glover (“Atlanta”) won top acting awards.
  Both men are nominated again, along with noteworthy first-timers including
  
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• Austin lands Army Futures Command, a nerve center for military branch's modernization

  13-07-2018 16:27
  Austin will be home to the Army Futures Command, which will leverage “private sector innovation, cutting-edge science and technology, prototyping and demonstrations, and warfighter testing and feedback."
  
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• 5-Year-Old Boy Died From Cancer, But Prepared His Own Obituary

  13-07-2018 16:07
  VAN METER, Iowa (CNN) – “My name is: Garrett Michael Boofias. My birthday is: I am 5 years old. My address is: I am a Bulldog! My favorite color is: Blue… and Red and Black and Green.”
  These lines mark the beginning of Garrett Michael Matthias’ obituary, words that he spoke to his parents before losing his battle to a rare form of pediatric cancer.
  The Iowa boy made up the surname ‘Boofias’ because his real name was too hard for him to pr
  
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• ‘Do Not Eat This Cereal’: CDC Links Honey Smacks, Salmonella

  13-07-2018 16:00
  ATLANTA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a popular Kellogg’s cereal has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has infected 100 people in 33 states.
  The CDC announced Thursday that customers should avoid Honey Smacks, tweeting, “Do not eat this cereal.” The agency says it found salmonella in samples of Honey Smacks, which has been subject to a voluntary recall by Kellogg since mid-June.
  OUTBREAK Update: 100 Salmonella infections in
  
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• Dallas PD Chief Updates Fatal Police Shooting

  13-07-2018 15:57
  
  Dallas police chief U. Renee Hall provides an update on a deadly officer-involved shooting a that followed a chase with a stolen vehicle in eastern Dallas County Friday morning.
  
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• Detaining Immigrant Kids Is Now A Billion-Dollar Industry

  13-07-2018 15:44
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds.
  Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services for detained unaccompanied and separated children soared from $74.5 million in 2007 to $958 million in 2017. The agency is also reviewing a new round of proposals amid a growing effort b
  
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• Texas Woman Sentenced For Trying To Sell Daughter For Sex

  13-07-2018 15:35
  CONROE (CBSDFW.COMAP) — A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she offered to sell her 2-year-old daughter for sex. Her asking price was $1,200.
  Twenty-five-year-old Sarah Marie Peters was sentenced Thursday after earlier pleading guilty to charges that include promotion of prostitution.
  (credit: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
  Authorities say undercover officers in Montgomery County, north of Houston, encountered Peters onl
  
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• Hearing Set For 92-Year-Old Woman Charged In Son’s Killing

  13-07-2018 15:22
  PHOENIX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A preliminary hearing is scheduled for a 92-year-old Arizona woman charged with fatally shooting her son because he wanted to put her in an assisted living facility.
  The hearing Friday is aimed at determining whether there’s probable cause to charge Anna Mae Blessing with murder in the July 2 death of 72-year-old Thomas Blessing at the Fountain Hills home that they shared.
  Investigators say Anna Blessing was upset about her son’s plans to put her into
  
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• TMSG: Soccer Team Travels Abroad for Tournaments

  13-07-2018 14:58
  
  A group of teenagers is getting lessons in international relations this summer. The Dallas Texans soccer team is traveling abroad for a Finland tournament where 20,000 players compete. The next stop for the teamPhoto Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Why Parker County Peach Festival is the Best

  13-07-2018 14:50
  
  The big event in Parker County this weekend is the annual peach festival, which draws thousands each year. Hutton Fruit Farm, one of the peach suppliers for the festival, explained why Parker County is...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Midlothian Cheerleaders Compete in Special Olympics

  13-07-2018 14:45
  
  The Justice Cheer team from Midlothian is one of 10 teams competing in the Special Olympics in Chicago this weekend. The team says it's an opportunity of a lifetime.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Suspect Dead in Officer-Involved Shooting in Dallas: PD

  13-07-2018 14:36
  
  A suspect was fatally shot by officers after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle and crashing into a creek, police said at a press conference Friday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Water Woes Frustrate Hundreds Near Weatherford

  13-07-2018 14:31
  
  After three days without water, service was restored late Thursday to approximately 300 homes near the community of Horseshoe Bend in Parker County, about 12 miles south of Weatherford.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Perks Being Offered to Attract Top Talent

  13-07-2018 14:30
  
  North Texas businesses are getting creative with their hiring practices in order to attract and retain top talent.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Restaurant Among Best Burger Joints in US

  13-07-2018 14:27
  
  One hamburger stands above the rest in Texas and almost all others in the country, according to a new list of 10 best restaurants for burgers.Photo Credit: Google Street View
  
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• IKEA Recalls Pet Water Dispenser Due To Suffocation Risk

  13-07-2018 14:27
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – IKEA is recalling their LURVIG pet water dispenser because the product poses a possible suffocation risk to animals. The recall was announced Wednesday after two reports worldwide of tragic incidents involving pets who died.
  The item is a black water bowl, for dogs or cats, with a large clear water tank attached. It is made to dish out water slowly throughout the day, ensuring that “your pet always has access to fresh, clean water,” according to t
  
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• Police Say They Made An ‘Error’ In Arresting Stormy Daniels

  13-07-2018 14:02
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against porn star Stormy Daniels just hours after she was arrested and accused of illegally rubbing undercover police officers’ faces against her bare breasts during a performance at a strip club.
  Her attorney said she was “set up” in a Columbus police sting operation, calling it an “absurd use of law enforcement resources.” Police said they routinely conduct such undercover operations.
  The 39-year-
  
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• Deals Day: Transwestern sells 12 North Texas multifamily properties valued at $275M

  13-07-2018 13:57
  Real estate firm Transwestern announced this week it has brokered sales for $275 million worth of multifamily properties.The company recently facilitated the purchase of 12 rental communities representing 3,200 units. With the sales, Transwestern’s multifamily investment services group by mid-year logged 30 deals valued at $560 million.“This year’s robust sales volume is indicative of the strength of the Dallas multifamily market right now,” Taylor Snoddy, managing direct
  
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• International passenger, cargo flights climbing fast at DFW Airport

  13-07-2018 13:47
  The number of international passenger and cargo flights is on the rise at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport as strategies to increase traffic and tonnage appear to be paying off.DFW Airport officials this week looked at international flight data over the last five years at the Dallas Business Journal’s request.“If you roll back the clock to 2012 to where we are today, it’s double digit growth,” said Sean Donohue, CEO of DFW Airport.The number of departing internatio
  
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• Oil & gas acquisitions have faltered – here's why it may not be for long

  13-07-2018 13:43
  Mergers and acquisitions may be hopping in general across the country, but the oil and gas exploration and production industry experienced a drop in deals in the second quarter of the year, according to a report out Tuesday by Austin-based industry data provider Drillinginfo.Drillinginfo findings show only $8.7 billion in U.S. activity during the quarter, versus a quarterly average of $17.8 billion since 2009. By comparison, the industry’s global deal value in the quarter was $165 billion,
  
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• Suspect Dead After Officer Involved Shooting In Dallas

  13-07-2018 13:27
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An early morning police chase in Dallas ends with an officer involved shooting and a suspect dead.
  According to police, the incident began just before 5 a.m. when a man driving a stolen pickup crashed into a homeowner’s car on Indianola Street. When the homeowner came outside to investigate the suspect fired several shots.
  Police received an active shooter call and after locating the suspect vehicle chased the driver to the 9300 block of Havencove Drive, wh
  
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• Watch: Firefighters Save Tabby Cat From House Fire

  13-07-2018 13:04
  
  Firefighters saved an orange Tabby cat from a house fire this week in Fort Worth. Crews responded to a house fire on Briscoe Drive in west Fort Worth this week and no people were hurt, but a cat was trapped...
  
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• Police Working To ID Hundreds Of Women In Secretly Recorded Videos

  13-07-2018 12:52
  LAKE WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The investigation into a suspect who has been accused of secretly recording a woman in a dressing room has led to the discovery of hundreds of secretly recorded videos. Alexander Martinez, 32, is now charged with Invasive Visual Recording.
  The Lake Worth Police Department said that a female shopper at the Target store located in the 6600 block of Lake Worth Boulevard filed a complaint after realizing that the suspect was recording her while she was chang
  
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• Deadly Wrong-Way Crash Closes SB Lanes of Hwy 360

  13-07-2018 12:33
  
  A deadly wrong-way crash that killed two in Grand Prairie Friday morning has closed the southbound toll lanes of Highway 360 at Debbie Lane, officials said.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fort Worth Hosts National Fantasy Football Convention

  13-07-2018 12:07
  
  Fort Worth scores a touchdown with National Fantasy Football Convention as thousands gather to meet players and analysts.Photo Credit: National Fantasy Football Convention
  
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• 2 Drivers Dead in Wrong-Way Crash; Lanes Closed

  13-07-2018 12:03
  
  Two people died in a wrong-way crash in Grand Prairie Friday morning, officials said. The southbound lanes remain closed.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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